Graduate Center News

9/4/26

application opens: September 15, 2026, application deadline: November 15, 2026

The EMERGE Alliance launches its first annual EMERGE Joint Research Call in 2026:

EMERGE coordinates an annual call for research proposals funded by all partners. Individual institutional funds will be pooled to launch a call for proposals in one of the pre-identified research clusters that meet the basic principles of the research Alliance and that promote knowledge co-creation in, about, for and with the margins.

Official Call Document

EUF researcher may contact Dr. Isabella Tegethoff (contact details see below) for further information on the call.

Joint Call Summary
Call frequency	1 per year
Total number of calls	3 (2026, 2027, 2028)
Number of projects funded at each annual call	6
Budget allocated per project	Up to €10,000
Total budget per partner	Up to €20,000 for the three-year period
Number of projects led by a MR at each university	Up to two
Minimum number of research groups necessary for each application	2

Timeline

Application opens	15th September 2026
Application deadline	15th November 2026, 23.59 (CET)
Notification to applicants	15th December 2026
Earliest date for projects to start	1st January 2027
Latest date for projects to end	30th November 2027
Final report due	31st December 2027

EMERGE Joint Research Call in 2026